BlockFlatrock Crossing, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the D'Hanis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78884. It lies near Through Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Flatrock Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tarpley quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Flatrock Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Flatrock Crossing between 2006 and 2011, burning about 3,837 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAZUREK RANCH |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CVFD NUMBER 70 |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 January 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SECO CREEK |
| 12 January 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdina Farms | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| D'Hanis | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hondo | 20.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Fountain | 22.2 miles | 9 | |
| Quihi | 23.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mico | 25.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dunlay | 26.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bader | 27.5 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541432 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378300. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.